For nigh on 30 years, downtown auteur Maxwell has hewed to a tactic of rigorous minimalism—design stripped down like a rehearsal room, acting deemphasized to the point of amateurish deadpan.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/01/review-god-and-man-at-applebees-in-field-of-mars/

Gosling had spent the last decade of his career working with auteur filmmakers like Damien Chazelle, Denis Villenueve, Nicolas Winding Refn, but they all gave him material that suited his talent.

Source: https://collider.com/chris-evans-ana-de-armas-the-gray-man/

“I’m happy, on one hand, to be able to support Christian Petzold as an auteur and as an artist,” Mr. Chatrian said.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/movies/christian-petzold-germany-tribeca.html

The 'Eternal Sunshine' director's new film is about an indulgent auteur, and it may be his worst.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-book-of-solutions-review-michel-gondry-the-worlds-most-annoying-filmmaker-1235632242/

The plot seems to lampoon the unfairly lauded ideal of the driven auteur, despite Murnau being known in real life as a kind and sensitive soul.

Source: https://gamerant.com/willem-dafoe-nosferatu-shadow-of-the-vampire/

This animated series from, yes, nerd auteur Kevin Smith might have pissed off some fanboys when it premiered this summer, but that's because they weren't ready for this fresh, surprising, funny, and heart-wrenching take on the world of He-Man and Eternia.

Source: https://collider.com/best-animated-series-on-netflix/